Then, figure out your liquidity.
Add your current bank account balances to your Amazon reserve balance + pending sales. Discount the Amazon reserve balance by 20%, and the pending sales by 50%.
This has served me and my clients well to project the next 30-35 days of cash flow.
Are you running your Amazon business on credit cards?
You should have a solid projection for your next 30-45 days of cash flow. How do you do that?
Start by keeping track of your payment due dates and the statement balances of your cards.
@SleekStash Have you submitted a case with seller support for them to investigate further?
You can override their "investigation" on the shipments page by asking them directly through Seller Support with proof of purchase and delivery
Credit cards can be a great way to run a reselling business. They can even net you some sweet rewards and miles/points.
But the interest rates are so high, that paying interest every month can sink your margins and prevent you from stockpiling cash to further scale your operation.
If you’re running an Amazon business on credit cards, you need to avoid paying credit card interest at all costs.
How do you do this?
Pay off your statement balance in full each month.
Biggest e-commerce mistakes:
Stocking out of inventory
Over-stocking bad inventory
Scaling too fast without solid systems
Not knowing ROI and profit numbers on your products.
Avoid these like the plague and you'll be on the right track.
Too many resellers on Amazon don't treat their efforts as a business.
Hire a bookkeeper, use third-party platforms to track and manage your inventory, and manage your cash flow effectively.
Know your numbers!
Yes, they're great to see product velocity, winning ASIN's, and keep track of COGS, and you shouldn't get rid of them.
But they're not bookkeeping platforms.
If you're doing more than $10K a month in gross sales, you will need more intensive financial management.
Are you making sure you're accounting for all of the fees and adjustments related to Amazon in your bookkeeping?
Sellerboard/Sellerise/InventoryLab and similar platforms occasionally miss some data.
Relying on these platforms for your P&L isn't 100% accurate.
The biggest mistakes I’ve made in wholesale:
1️⃣ Ignoring cash flow early on
2️⃣ Buying more than I could sell
3️⃣ Trusting the wrong suppliers
4️⃣ Skipping test buys
5️⃣ Underestimating competition
The lessons:
→ net margin comes first
→ relationships matter most
→ slow growth beats no growth
Did you know brands on Amazon can hit you with an IP complaint even if you sold out of the ASIN from that brand?
Best practice: if an ASIN sells out, and you don't have plans to replenish it, delete the ASIN/SKU.
Build that weekly schedule for your business!
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